BlockEmmet, North Dakota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1958. It stands in the West McLean unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 58540. The Survey maps it on the Emmet quadrangle. It stands 2,014 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 6 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1954 USGS McClusky quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Emmet quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS McClusky quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Emmet between 2005 and 2010, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2010 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Fort Berthold Agency | SPECIAL OPS |
| 5 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Fort Berthold Agency | PUMPHOUSE |
Storms near this place
16 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Emmet in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 9 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Hail | Emmet | 1 hurt, $45,000 | Large hail was reported at the Triangle Y Camp, resulting in damage to vehicles. One person was injured when a hailstone struck the person's foot. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Emmet | $50,000 | The large hail was accompanied by 50 mph winds at Camp of the Cross. Damage was sustained to vehicles along with broken windows on a chapel. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Emmet | $35,000 | Very large hail up to tennis ball size damaged skylights on a home and caused other damage. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Emmet | $20,000 | Multiple vehicles were damaged. A canola crop was severely damaged. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Emmet | - | No reports of damage were received. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emmet | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emmet | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emmet | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Emmet | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emmet | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Emmet | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emmet | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emmet | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Emmet | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Emmet | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Emmet | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Shield | 10.2 miles | 6 | |
| Roseglen | 12.1 miles | 6 | |
| Garrison | 12.6 miles | 8 | |
| Riverdale | 18.1 miles | 7 | |
| Raub | 21.8 miles | 7 | |
| Max | 22.3 miles | 5 | |
| Coleharbor | 23.8 miles | 9 | |
| Riverdale Junction | 27.3 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Emmet | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20657779 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1028885. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.